1985 was a year, which mirrored the '83 season n a way, with its
silly discussions about what's legal - and what's not. This time however, it was
not Walkinshaw who was suspected of illegal tricks, it was Volvo who happened to
homologate the 240 turbo in an evolution version - which a rear spoiler, big
turbo, intercooler and water injection. After production of the 500 cars and
subsquent homologation (with close inspection of 23 cars), the other 477 cars
were robbed of their competition equipment and sold as standard 240 turbo
roadcars. Not illegal by any means, but it left a bad taste in the mouth of
their competitors. The FISA reacted in July, after trying to buy an Evolution
car in a few European countries (which failed): Volvo had to release the names
of the 500 owners of the evolution cars. Volvo didn't react, so the "evolution"
homologation would end on September 1, 1985. Later (after the factory holiday!)
Volvo could manage to reveal a few evolution cars in Sweden, so the ban was
lifted.

On a sporting note, the withdrawal of Jaguar was no surprise,
with group C in the wings. They had nothing left to proove. Rover did, however,
and with partner Walkinshaw they liked to continue the TWR successes. On the
other side, BMW almost threw the towel, thinking the 635 CSi would be
uncompetitive. After rejecting to build a 635 CSi evolution (an exciting 80's
batmobile with 365 HP), Schnitzer made a late-moment effort with a two-car team.
The field usually consisted of a great number of (semi) privateer cars, but the
only win was Spa with Schnitzer.

Eggenberger defected to Volvo, acompanied by the Swedish Magnum
team. After a strong start by TWR, the Volvo's come on strong and
Brancatelli/Lindström took the driver's championship at the penultimate round.
Perhaps decisive was Walkinshaw's first-lap error in Zolder.

The makes' championship was yet again an Alfa Romeo walkover.
But 4 victories for BMW's 323i, and some strong performances for Snobeck's
Mercedes meant that the Alfa time was almost over. Alfa would go turbo with the
75. Division 1 rarely figured in the headlines, but had entertaining fights
between Toyota, VW and Audi.

Another shape of things to come was the debut of the Ford Sierra
XR4 TI. A few works-supported outings made clear the car had a lot of potential.
And who better than Eggenberger could make it work in 1986?

The cars of 1985

Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6

Luigi

Engine

Alfa Romeo V6

Bore and stroke

88,0 x 68,3

Size

2491 cc

Cams

2 OHC

Valves per cilinder

2

Power

Details

Fuel injection

Transmission

Alfa Romeo 5-speed

Weight

Brakes f/r

disc / disc

Wheels f/r

Tyres

Pirelli?

BMW 323i

Linder

Engine

BMW 6 in line

Bore and stroke

80,6 x 76,8

Size

2350 cc

Cams

1 OHC

Valves per cilinder

2

Power

214 HP/7200

Details

Bosch fuel injection

Transmission

Getrag 5-speed

Weight

962

Brakes f/r

disc / disc

Wheels f/r

9 x 16 / 9 x 16

Tyres

Pirelli

Mercedes 190E 2.3-16

Snobeck

Engine

Mercedes 4 in line

Bore and stroke

96,0 x 80,25

Size

2323 cc

Cams

2 OHC

Valves per cilinder

4

Power

244 HP/7300

Details

fuel injection

Transmission

5-speed

Weight

1035 kg

Brakes f/r

disc / disc

Wheels f/r

Tyres

Michelin

BMW 635 CSi

Schnitzer

Engine

BMW 6 in line

Bore and stroke

92,6 x 86,0

Size

3475 cc

Cams

1 OHC

Valves per cilinder

2

Power

300 HP

Details

Bosch fuel injection

Transmission

Getrag 5-speed

Weight

Brakes f/r

disc / disc

Wheels f/r

Tyres

Pirelli

Ford Sierra XR4 TI

Works prototype

Engine

Ford Merkur 4 in line

Bore and stroke

96,48 x 79,3

Size

2320 cc

Cams

1 OHC

Valves per cilinder

2

Power

300 HP/6250

Details

1 Garrett turbo

Transmission

Getrag 5-speed

Weight

1135 kg

Brakes f/r

disc / disc

Wheels f/r

9,5 x 16 / 9,5 x 16

Tyres

Goodyear

Rover Vitesse

TWR

Engine

Rover V8

Bore and stroke

89,4 x 71,1

Size

3532 cc

Cams

1 OHV

Valves per cilinder

2

Power

Details

Lucas fuel injection

Transmission

Getrag 5-speed

Weight

Brakes f/r

disc / disc

Wheels f/r

x 17 / x 17

Tyres

Dunlop

Volvo 240 Turbo

Eggenberger/works

Engine

Volvo B21ET 4 in line

Bore and stroke

92,3 x 80,0

Size

2141 cc

Cams

1 OHC

Valves per cilinder

2

Power

340 HP/

Details

1 Garrett turbo, water injection

Transmission

Getrag 5-speed

Weight

1040 kg

Brakes f/r

disc / disc

Wheels f/r

x 17 / x 17

Tyres

Dunlop

Championship table

Drivers

Final classification

Points

Monza

Valle-lunga

Doning-ton

Anderstorp

Brno

Zeltweg

Salzburg

Nürburg-ring

Spa

Silver-stone

Nogaro

Zolder

Estoril

Jarama

1

Brancatelli

253 (289)

-

21

(13)

29

21

29

29

29

16

(16)

(7)

29

29

21

Lindström

253 (289)

-

21

(13)

29

21

29

29

29

16

(16)

(7)

29

29

21

3

Walkinshaw

198

29

29

29

-

3

-

21

-

-

29

29

-

-

29

Percy

198

29

29

29

-

3

-

21

-

-

29

29

-

-

29

5

Drovandi

184 (208)

21

12

20

20

20

16

20

(12)

-

20

15

(12)

20

-

6

Lombardi

161

21

12

20

20

20

16

20

12

-

20

-

-

-

-

7

Hahne

139

16

16

21

16

2

-

10

-

-

-

16

16

13

13

8

Müller Jr

137

-

-

-

-

-

21

13

16

16

13

-

21

21

16

9

Dieudonné

134

-

-

-

-

-

21

13

16

13

13

-

21

21

16

10

Allam

134

16

16

16

16

2

-

10

-

-

-

16

16

13

13

11

Cremer

129

12

20

-

-

12

-

15

-

20

-

20

15

-

15

Tilke

129

10

10

12

-

10

10

12

20

-

10

20

15

-

-

Schumacher

129

10

10

12

-

10

10

12

20

-

10

20

15

-

-

14

Ripolles

121

-

-

20

-

20

-

4

3

20

12

15

12

15

-

15

Høyer

120 (122)

-

12

15

20

-

-

6

6

2

15

12

10

12

12

Nielsen

120 (122)

-

12

15

20

-

-

6

6

2

15

12

10

12

12

17

Cipriani

120

10

10

12

15

8

8

10

-

15

-

-

12

20

-

18

Francia

112

12

-

15

-

15

-

-

-

20

-

20

15

-

15

19

Vogt

107

15

-

-

-

-

22

-

20

-

-

-

20

10

20

20

Ravaglia

104

-

10

-

-

16

-

3

13

29

-

-

13

16

4

Manufacturers

Final classification

Div.

Points

Monza

Valle-lunga

Doning-ton

Anderstorp

Brno

Zeltweg

Salzburg

Nürburg-ring

Spa

Silver-stone

Nogaro

Zolder

Estoril

Jarama

1

Alfa Romeo

2

200 (257)

20

20

20

20

20

(15)

20

(12)

20

20

20

(15)

20

(20)

2

Toyota

1

185 (232)

(10)

20

15

20

(10)

15

20

20

15

(15)

20

20

(12)

20

3

Volkswagen

1

185 (226)

20

15

20

(10)

20

20

(4)

15

20

20

15

(12)

20

(15)

4

Volvo

3

182 (210)

-

15

(10)

20

20

20

20

20

(12)

12

(6)

20

20

15

5

Rover

3

174 (187)

20

20

20

12

(3)

(-)

15

15

(-)

20

20

12

(10)

20

6

BMW

2

139

15

-

-

-

6

20

8

20

-

12

8

20

10

20

7

BMW

3

114 (140)

10

8

(6)

10

12

12

(6)

10

20

(6)

10

10

12

(8)

8

Audi

1

83

15

8

-

-

8

-

8

12

-

-

6

6

10

10

9

Volkswagen

2

55

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

12

15

-

6

6

10

10

Peugeot

1

27

2

-

6

12

-

3

-

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

11

Ford

1

19

-

-

4

-

-

12

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

12

Opel

2

19

-

-

-

-

3

-

6

-

10

-

-

-

-

-

13

Mitsubishi

3

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

-

-

-

-

14

Fiat

2

6

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mazda

2

6

-

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

16

Audi

2

2

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ford

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

18

Honda

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Alfa Romeo

1

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Many thanx to Frank de Jong for the information!
If you want more information go to Frank de Jong his website